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Eric Woolery, CPA
155,240 votes
57.1%
- Occupation: Orange Treasurer/CPA
- Ten-year member of the Orange Audit Oversight Committee
- Decade-long owner of a CPA firm with two locations
- Budget director for Southern California District Attorney overseeing $100,000,000 budget and nearly 750-member staff
- Served as Member of the Orange County Board of Education
- Graduate of Orange County schools, including Cal State Fullerton
- Married to high school sweetheart Lisa, with two children and Twix the family dog
Priorities:
- Establish transparent budgets free of accounting gimmicks. Work independently of politicians, ensuring decisions are sound, not simply easy or popular
- Expose and fight Sacramento's raids on local coffers. (Proven record of successfully reclaiming $18,000,000 for County department.)
- Enhance productivity & performance through new processes & accountabilities. (Proven record of cutting costs by 25% while maintaining effectiveness.)
Frank Davies
45,852 votes
16.9%
- Occupation: Property Tax Director
- 29+ years experience with Orange County Auditor-Controller
- Currently the Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller Property Tax, CPA, BA, MBA
- Experience dealing with current County and Auditor-Controller issues
- Proven track record of being independent, objective, knowledgeable
- Established working relationships with County and state officials, municipal finance officers, financial community
- Developed statewide guidance for accounting standards for property tax
Priorities:
- Keep within budget, increase efficiency, effectiveness of current staff
- Increase understandable financial information for public, increase transparency
- Decrease county administrative costs by leveraging financial system
Mike Dalati
30,996 votes
11.4%
- Occupation: Accountant/Tax Instructor
John Wayne Willard
20,196 votes
7.4%
- Occupation: Assistant Director CEO/HR - CPA
- 33 years of County accounting and auditing experience
- Board certified in all areas of the Auditor-Controller including accounting, finance, internal auditing, fraud investigations, and forensics
- Bachelor's degree in accounting and a CPA, MBA, CGFM, CFE, GBA, RPA, DABFA, CFS, and CIA
- Proven track record of rooting out waste and fraud. Discovered the largest embezzlement in County history exceeding $1 million
- First Auditor to conduct audits of elected officials
- Saved the County over $100 million in pension costs
Priorities:
- Pay the County's bills timely. 31% of vendors said they are paid late by the County.
- Expand Customer Service hours. We work for the taxpayers. If we are open 8:00 to 5:00 then we should answer taxpayer's questions from 8:00 to 5:00
- Replace the Auditor-Controller's property tax system. The County is suing its Vendor over cost overruns and deliverables
James T. Benuzzi
19,646 votes
7.2%
- Occupation: Audit/Business Advisor
- MBA - Chapman University
- Undergraduate Accounting Degree - Western Illinois University
- City of Orange - Internal Audit Manager
- City of Placentia - Chairman and Member Financial Audit Oversight Committee
Priorities:
- Fiscal Accountability
- Transparency
- Integrity
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